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Any suggestions on how to convert contents of attribute into bullet list in Markdown?

  • October 25, 2018
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friesewoudloper
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My dataset has an attribute that contains a list of item descriptions and hyperlinks:

Item 1|http://www.item1.com^Item 2|http://www.item2.com^Item 3|http://www.item3.com

I'd like to change the contents of the attribute into a bullet list in Markdown:

* [Item 1](http://www.item1.com) 
* [Item 2](http://www.item2.com)
* [Item 3](http://www.item3.com)

What would be the best way to do this? The list in the attribute can contain zero, one or n items.
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david_r
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  • david_rCelebrity
  • October 25, 2018

On solution could be to use an AttributeSplitter on "^" followed by a ListExploder and a StringReplacer where you look for the following regex:

^([^\|]*)\|(.*)$

and replace it with:

* [\1](\2)
friesewoudloper
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On solution could be to use an AttributeSplitter on "^" followed by a ListExploder and a StringReplacer where you look for the following regex:

^([^\|]*)\|(.*)$

and replace it with:

* [\1](\2)
Thank you very much! 

 

 

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